CCAA Workshop 2017 Detailed Program « IEEE Cognitive Communications for Aerospace Applications (CCAA) Workshop

Tuesday, June 27, 2017 – Forum/Auditorium
9:00 am	CCAA Workshop Chair	Dr. Janette C. Briones	Welcome, Introductions & CCAA Workshop Overview
9:05 am	NASA Glenn Director of Research and Engineering	Dr. Rickey Shyne	NASA Glenn Overview
9:15 am	Deputy Associate Administrator for SCaN	Mr. Badri Younes	SCaN Next Generation Communications Capabilities, a Beacon of Light into NASA’s Future
9:45 am	Keynote Speaker	Dr. Steve “Cap” Rogers	Autonomy, Artificial Intelligence and Human Machine Teaming – Frequently Asked Questions
10:45 am	Break

Technical Sessions – Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Track 1: Cognitive Communication System & Application					Track 2: Platforms for Advancing Cognitive Communication Technology
Session Chair: Rigoberto Roche					Session Chair: Rainee Simons
Forum/Auditorium					Presidents Room
Time	ID	Title	Name	Org.	Time	ID	Title	Name	Org.
10:55 am	106	Implementation of a Space Communications Cognitive Engine	Timothy Hackett	Penn State	10:55 am	113	A Pattern Matching Approach to Map Cognitive Domain Ontologies to the IBM TrueNorth Processor	Soumyajit Mandal	Case Western Reserve
11:20 am	122	Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning-based Deep Neural Networks for Cognitive Space Communications	Timothy Hackett	Penn State	11:20 am	109	Deep Learning Cognitive Radar for Micro-UAS Detection and Classification	Jin Wei	University of Akron
11:45 am	120	Modulation Classification of Satellite Communication Signals Using Cumulants and Neural Networks	Aaron Smith	NASA GRC	11:45 am	121	Cognitive Radar Experiments at The Ohio State University	Graeme Smith	Ohio State University
12:10 pm	Lunch (Sunroom)

1:10 pm	Keynote Speaker: Dr. James Lyke			Resilient Space-based Software Defined Networks				Forum/Auditorium
2:10 pm	Break
Technical Sessions – Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Track 1: Cognitive Communication System & Application					Track 2: Platforms for Advancing Cognitive Communication Technology
Session Chair: Rigoberto Roche					Session Chair: Marie Piasecki
Forum/Auditorium					Presidents Room
2:20 pm	108	Deep belief network for automated modulation classification in cognitive radio	Jin Wei	University of Akron	2:20 pm	127	Smart Antennas Design for Real-Time Multi-Channel Power Spectral Density Estimation and Target Localization	Jingyang Lu	Intelligent Fusion Technology, Inc.
2:45 pm	112	Machine Learning for Space Communications Service Management Tasks	James Barnes	MTI Systems	2:45 pm	123	Wideband Reconfigurable Harmonically Tuned GaN SSPA for Cognitive Radios	Seth Waldstein	The University of Cincinnati
3:10 pm	111	A Pattern Matching Approach to Map Cognitive Domain Ontologies to the IBM TrueNorth Processor	Tarek Taha	University of Dayton	3:10 pm	124	Reconfigurable Wideband Circularly Polarized Stacked Square Patch Antenna for Cognitive Radios	Miguel Barbosa Kortright	University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
3:35 pm	Break
Technical Sessions – Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Track 1: Cognitive Communication System & Application					Track 2: Platforms for Advancing Cognitive Communication Technology
Session Chair: Rigoberto Roche					Session Chair: Rainee Simons
Forum/Auditorium					Presidents Room
Time	ID	Title	Name	Org.	Time	ID	Title	Name	Org.
3:45 pm	114	Software Defined Radios as Cognitive Relays for Satellite Ground Stations Incurring Terrestrial Interference	Nozhan Hosseini	University of South Carolina	3:45 pm	105	Data Synchronization for Throughput Maximization in Distributed Transmit Beamforming	Sudharman Jayaweera	Bluecom Systems and Consulting
4:10 pm	134	A Q-Learning Based Rendezvous Strategy for Cognitive Radios	Clifton Watson	Air Force Research Laboratory	4:10 pm	128	Cognitive Radio Testbed for Beamforming Network of Satellite Communication	Jingyang Lu	Intelligent Fusion Technology, Inc.
4:35 pm	104	A Novel Cognitive Anti-jamming Stochastic Game	Sudharman Jayaweera	Bluecom Systems and Consulting	4:35 pm	133	An Experimental Platform for Multi-spacecraft Phase-Array Communications	Jekan Thangavelautham	ASU – SpaceTREx
7:00-9:30PM	Networking Event at the Nautica Queen

Wednesday, June 28, 2017 – Forum/Auditorium
9:00 am	Keynote Speaker: Mr. Tim O’Shea			Learning Signal Processing and Communications Systems from Data				Forum/Auditorium
Technical Sessions – Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Track 1: Cognitive Communication System & Application					Track 2: Platforms for Advancing Cognitive Communication Technology
Session Chair: Rigoberto Roche					Session Chair: Rainee Simons
Forum/Auditorium					Presidents Room
Time	ID	Title	Name	Org.	Time	ID	Title	Name	Org.
9:55 am	118	Naturalistic Flying Study as a Method of Collecting Pilot Communication Behavior Data	Chang-Geun Oh	Kent State University	9:55 am	117	Apparatus for Characterizing Millimeter Wave Propagation through Magnetoelastic Multiferroic Materials	Nitin Parsa	The University of Akron
10:20 am	119	Spectrum Availability Prediction for Cognitive Aerospace Communications: A Deep Learning Perspective	Pan Li	Case Western Reserve	10:20 am	138	Power Allocation for Shared Transponders: A Statistical Optimal Control Paradigm	Khanh Pham	Air Force Research Laboratory
10:45 am	126	A Game-Theoretic DRA Approach for Improved Spread Spectrum Frequency Hopped Waveforms Performance in the Presence of Smart Jammers	Dan Shen	Intelligent Fusion Technology, Inc.	10:45 am	137	Resilient Synchronization of Remote Time Dissemination Systems: A Pursuit-Evasion Graphical Game Approach	Khanh Pham	Air Force Research Laboratory
11:10 am	Break
11:20 am	136	Software Defined Radio based Mixed Signal Detection in Spectrally Congested and Spectrally Contested Environment	Zhiqiang Wu	Wright State University	11:20 am	107	Digital Architecture for Real-Time CNN-based Face Detection for Video Processing	Smrity Bhattarai	The University of Akron
11:45 am	135	Primary User Authentication of Cognitive Radios using Underlay Waveform	Rohit Chakarvarthy	Wright State University	11:45 am	139	Multi-user FSO Communication Link	Hazem Refai	University of Oklahoma
12:10 pm	Lunch (Sunroom)
CCAA Workshop Concludes

CCAA Workshop Detailed Program